ubuntu-18.04ubuntu-20.04windows-subsystem-for-linuxvscode-remote

VS Code Remote - Can't run 'code' command in WSL Ubuntu 18 or WSL 2 Ubuntu 20 - wrong path

I'm having an issue when I try to run the code command from Visual Studio Code in WSL Ubuntu. I get the following error:

$ code .

/mnt/c/Users/Name/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.64.2/scripts/wslCode.sh: 63: /mnt/c/Users/Name/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.64.2/scripts/wslCode.sh: /home/barry/.vscode/bin/899d46d82c4c95423fb7e10e68eba52050e30ba3/bin/remote-cli/code: not found

When I run the following, it installs the VS Code Server and the command works as expected:

$ /mnt/c/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft\ VS\ Code/bin/code .

When I run which -a code, I can see I have two paths related to this command and I believe the correct one is /mnt/c/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code, but I don't know how to remove the first one or how it even related two paths to this command in the first place?

barry@RandomName:~$ which -a code
/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code
/mnt/c/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code

Can anyone help please?

Solution

  • I've managed to 'solve' it by creating a new Symlink to the correct directory so this one gets run first. I couldn't find a way to remove the incorrect directory so would appreciate it if someone knows a cleaner solution?

    To add the Symlink, I ran ln -s /mnt/c/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft\ VS\ Code/bin/code /usr/local/bin/code

    So now I have these 3 paths for the code command:

    $ which -a code

/usr/local/bin/code
/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code
/mnt/c/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code

    Whenever I tried to remove rm or unlink /mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code (with sudo), I get permission denied.